Hey, we’re on the cusp of a long weekend!  Yea!

Here are your Must Reads!

MUST READS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

 NEW LASER WEAPON READY FOR AMERICAN-ISRAELI DEPLOYMENT
18/01/08 05:48 from Prophecy Updates and Commentary
 Steven Collins January 15, 2008   The United States has been working with laser technology for many years to develop a battlefield weapon, and some laser weaponry projects have involved Israeli cooperation…

• Wonder if Dr. Evil was petting his cat during the announcement?

KELO video: Ted Klaudt on camera after his trial
17/01/08 20:30 from South Dakota War College
Ted Klaudt on camera after his trial offering an apology to the people of South Dakota. And more in the latest from KELOland.com: In explaining why this might have happened, Ted Klaudt’s lawyer blamed, in part, the Internet…

• Yes Ted, you are indeed sorry.  One sorry sonuvabitch. Hope you like prison buggery!

Politicos: With state’s late primary, there’s no hurry in picking favorite presidential candidates
18/01/08 08:48 from The Daily Republic : Mitchell
Those closely following the presidential campaign say the results of caucuses and primaries in states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan likely will have an effect on South Dakotans as they consider their own choices…

• Irrelevancy, thy name is the June South Dakota Presidential Primary!
  

MUST READS FROM THE NON-SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

 Matthews: Hillary Jab Was ‘Nasty’
18/01/08 08:17 from Politics from Newser
It took protesters outside NBC’s studios, a letter of complaint signed by Gloria Steinem, and a little pressure from on high, but after 10 days Hardball host Chris Matthews backed down from sexist remarks about Hillary Clinton…

• Ha! I’m an idiot. Ha!

Who Works on MLK Day?
18/01/08 00:26 from Al’s Morning Meeting
The one sight that irritates me more than most on Martin Luther King Jr., Day is when I see sanitation workers who still have to work. Why? Dr. King was killed in Memphis, Tenn., where he was to support the sanitation worker’s strike…

• Amen, Al, Amen.

Round and Round They Go
17/01/08 19:47 from Sunlight Foundation Feeds Blended
Earlier this week, CorpWatch published a fascinating article by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock on a new and rapidly growing side of the military-industrial complex: space-age, technology-driven intelligence capabilities…

• Damn, Sibby might be right after all!